Intense Sniper T Review: This Is Why You Need A Mountain Bike In Your Life
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Is this the most fun you can have on two wheels?
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About to buy the Elite build, this review helped me decide. Thank you!
Hi David. What a great fun informative video. Good job 👍🚴♂️
Glad you enjoyed it
Mountainbiking is so cool. An hour/ hour and a half is plenty for a good interval workout, you learn to corner like crazy, develop grip/upper body strength and how to really use your brakes. Think every roadie should go out for a rip on the 29’er every now and then
I’ve tried both road and mountain biking and love the mountain bikes so much more! No more worrying about car drivers just the trail and me!
I have a soft spot for these short travel XC / Trail crossover bikes. My first full sus was a Specialized Camber, then I bought a 120mm forked 27.5 Anthem, and recently I've been riding a Transition Spur. For me, they represent the pure essence of mountain biking; riding up, bombing down, big miles, bit smiles.
Good review, I've been riding and racing one for a year now. An absolute weapon with near perfect geo, despite the SA. Extremely fast and efficient on the up and mega capable on the decent, I raced a gravity enduro againt 140/160 travel bikes and beat them all. The Sniper T gets 10 out of 10 from me.
Yeah the high Seattube / long dropper is an issue. 150 would be more than enough. But the rest is just perfect
i wish the frame had a shorter seat tube, 488 on a large is ridiculous nowadays honestly
What's the difference between the Sniper & the 951?
How does it compare to the Spur?
Is that Dave mountain biking!?
I know crazy right! I actually do a lot that I don't bring to the channel, I would love to share more of it if I thought there was an audience for it
Great video! I’m debating between this, the Spur, and the Spot Ryve. I’d definitely be interested in more XC type mtb videos.
Hi, i am a french XCM rider and i am looking for that bike... I already have an hardtail (Canyon Exceed) and i would like to have a second bike (fully) for races like Transvésubienne or Alps Epic in France. Do you think it is a good choice for this program ?
Yes I reckon it would be ideal for that sort of riding Orel, a bit more travel to look after you when it gets rough and technical but still pretty lightweight
@@davidarthur thanks !
Hi what size is it? And how tall are you? I’m 177 cm I’m oriented medium size
get a lg
I’m 6’2 with about 34 .5 inseam longer torso than legs . Do you think I’m good on the large or go for the xl ?
I am 6-3 tall and have an xl and it feels good. I have owned / own a canyon, yetti, a ripmo and a blur and I always go back to the sniper t. Great bike.
@@andrewcraig4119Does the slack seat angle of the sniper T feel detrimental at all?
I'm a big fan of lightweight fast-rolling XC/Downcountry bikes. However, for many of these bikes, the geometry leaves a lot to be desired. A short-travel bike with a 76-77* STA and 65-64* HTA is my preference. The best geo of the XC/Downcountry bikes is probably the Rocky Mountain Element with a 76* STA and 65* HTA. The Canyon Spectral 125 has good geo but that bike isn't very light.
The Snipers wheelbase is way too short for me. I'd be flying over the handlebars every time I blinked. The Sniper needs a serious geometry update.
It's coming...
Have you ridden one Mark?
@@Motorep146 I'm literally about to spend 8k on the Elite build. I'll be pissed if they update the geo next year. Are you sure that it's coming?
@@BhBraaq I know it's on the agenda but I'm not sure what the exact timeframe will be. Supposedly it will retain the current shock placement and be longer/slacker/steeper like the market wants. The whole Covid thing pushed new bike intros back quite a bit and it's about 2 years behind schedule in my mind.
@@Motorep146 thank you for the quick reply!
I bought a Tracer 275 in 2016. In 7 years the price is double. Literally cant afford a new Intense nowadays.
Glad I went one size up. I'm 6' 0" and got the XL. Here in the US it's called Intense 951, the Trail is 140mm, the XC is 120mm, and it's direct to consumer.
Thanks for posting that. I'm at the same height and on the fence for sizing. What's your inseam and wingspan?
@@romanp2520 Inseam 32", wingspan unknow but I do think I have longer than average reach. I have ridden it a couple of times and it fits fine. It's a great pedaler.
Didn’t expect a bike review from the title! Just saying …
Haha I think you do now. :)
No. If it’s not fixed, it’s broken.